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`(Ne Model!) J. B. GEISSINGER.

PENHOLDEB..

Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

W/TNESSES.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. GEISSINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENHOLDVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 504,918, dated September 12, 1893.

Application iiledJ'anuary 5, 1893. Serial No. 457.318. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:`

Be it known that I, JAMES B. GEIssINGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Penholder, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements i pen holders. i

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, and lconvenient pen holder which is especially adapted for use in writing with a stub pen, which is constructed in the form of `a hollow-walled or fountain thimble so that' it may be worn conveniently upon the forefinger, and which, owing to its construction, may be carried in such a way that the pen will come into the best possible position for writing.

Itis well known that in writing with a stub pen itis customary and almost necessary to hold the pen in such a way that it will point inward toward the writer, and my construction of pen holder enables this to be done in the most natural manner.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar gures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the pen holder and pen in position for writing and applied to the hand. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

The body of the pen holder comprises a thimble l0 which is adapted to slip on over the end of the forefnger, and the body has hollow walls which are filled with ink so that the device may be used as a fountain pen. The lower end of the body is closed, except for an outwardly and downwardly extending l nipple ll, which is internally screw-threaded and into this is screwed a plug 12 which is 45 slotted in the usual way to receive a pen 13.

In the plug is an ink tube 14E which leads from the body and delivers upon the pen, but the construction of the plug and the means for supplying ink to the pen I do not claim as apart of my invention, as any suitable ink delivering mechanism may be substituted for that shown in the drawings.

In the upper portion of the body is a vent l5 through which air is admitted to enable the ink to flow readily, and this vent may be closed, when the pen-holder is not in use, by a cap 16 at one side of it.

In using the pen-holder, it is simply placed upon the end of the forenger and the operator presses the thumb slightly against the pen-holder to prevent it from slipping, and then Writes in the usual manner.

To enable the penholder to work successfully it is essential that the nipple lll and plug 12 be located eentrallyon the thimble or body l0, as if they are not the pen holder is not evenly balanced and the pen does not come so readily into position for use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A pen holder comprising the thimble 10 adapted to receive the finger and having hollow walls forming an annular ink reservoir, a threaded tubular extension 1l on the closed end of the outer wall ofthe thimble, and a plug 12 screwed into said extension and provided with a slot to receive a pen and a conducting tube 14 to supply the pen from the said annular reservoir, substantially as set forth.

JAMES B. GEISSINGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HoRroN, ALBERT BAUER. 

